Card holder



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Patentes Dec. 1s, 1934 UNITED STATES orties CARD HOLDER ApplicationJanuary 10, 1934, Serial No. 705,981

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in card holders. More especiallyit provides a holder which can display a loose card or tag, on a rack`or other container, and provide full visibility of the face contents ofthat card, so that' all data thereon are readily visible Without thecard being handled.

The invention has particular utility as a holder for route tags or cardsin factories, where considerable numbers of articles in process ofmanufacture move in groups from one department or `machine to another,each group being accompanied by a route tag bearing specifications,etc., which are to govern the manufacture of the articles in thatparticular group.

Each order for a case of shoes, for example, may differ in many detailsfrom the order which precedes or follows it through the factory; and itis necessary to inform the operatives at each of numerous stations as tothe specific thing which is to be done at their particular station. Forefficient routing of the stock and directing of the processes ofmanufacture, the custom of using an information tag or card has becomeestablished, to travel with the stock from place to place as themanufacture proceeds, associating with the particular articles the exactinformation as to what is required. This card can conveniently be placedlooselyin the case, `box or rack of articles to whichit relates; butwhen handled at each station it is subject to being misplaced, or laidby and lost; and also to the certainty that it will become soiled byhandling, and perhaps, asV a result, be unreadable. Holders for suchtags have been available, which might be mounted on a case or box; butthese holders,

so far as I am aware, have not been of a sort to hold a tag safely whileexposing the full area of its face to view so as to eliminate thehandling and occasional loss; nor adapted for holding more than onesingle size of tag. When the rack has gone through the factory, it mustbe able to receive easily a fresh tag relating to its next load.

It is among the objects of the invention to provide a device capable ofholding tags which may differ considerably in width, and whereinsubstantially the full face of tag, of whatever width, will be clearlyvisible, so that all matter on the face of the tag can be seen whilethat tag is safely in the holder; this holder to be mounted at aconvenient location on a box or rack; and to be so constructed that thetag can nevertheless be instantly and freely removed, and another putinto its place.

Another` object is to provide such a holder I which may be low inproduction cost, yet strong and durable for withstanding treatment itmay experience.

It is another feature that my improved holder provides rigid and fullsupport back of a tag,

whereby the tag may not be punctured easily by objects which, in use,may accidentally strike against its face.

Forthese objects and results the invention employs a plate of durableand suitably stiff sheet material, as metal, for the holder body, whichmay be pierced with holes at desired points to facilitate attachment ofthe plate to? a box or rack.

On one face of this plate I provide a single that basal portion. Therespective loop portions which are thus spaced from the plate stand allin a plane which is parallel to the plane of the face of the plate; andthey constitute front barriers for retaining a card inserted betweenthem and the plate. tion of the wire constitutes a re`st`for the bottomedge of the card; and the said portions of loops secured on the plate atthe end of the base provide upstanding side barriers adjacent to theside edges of the card.

It is intended that the patent shall cover, by suitable expression inthe appended claims, whatever features of patentable novelty exist inthe invention disclosed.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a card holder embodying features of theinvention and having a route card of conventional style therein;

Figure 2 is a plan of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is an elevation in section on 3 3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, a plate 10, of sheet metal or other suitablystiff material, may constitute the body of my improved tag holder, andmay be provided with holes 12 to facilitate the securing of the plate ona box, case, rack or other container (not shown). The plate serves asthe rear Wall of the tag receptacle; and a single piece of Wirecooperates with the plate The basalv porin providing the tag receptacle,being shaped to constitute a rest for the lower edge of a tag, andbarriers for its side edges, and for maintaining the tag against fallingforward away from the plate.

This wire, which may be secured to the plate, as by welding orotherwise, will preliminarily be bent to the desired. form, so that themere securing of the plateand wire together results in a finishedholder. To this end the wire preferably has each end portion bent intorectangular loop form, the two loops 14, 14 being spaced apart on arelatively long and straight baseY portion 16, which latter is adaptedto lie close against plate 10 to constitute the mentioned rest for thelower edge of a tag, represented at 18. The outer Vertical leg 20 ofeach loop also is adapted to lie close against plate 10, But the innerVertical leg 22 of each loop, and the top horizontal leg 24 of eachloop, are spaced a little forward of the plate to permit a tag to beinserted between them and the plate. At the juncture of each outer legwith the adjacent spaced horizontal leg, the wire may be bent slightlyforward at 26; and the extreme end of each inner. vertical leg may besecured at 28 on the outside of the base portion; to attain thementioned forward spacing of theface-barrier portions of the loops.

In the preferred form illustrated, the basal wire structure extends allthe way across the plate 10, and the barrier portions of the loops eachextend back inward from the end a distance approximating one-third ofthe base exe tent. Obviously these dimensions may be varied 4as desired,but it isV possible for a single holder to accommodate a great manyparticular sizes and shapes of cards. By increasing the oisetting, thebarriers may be spaced a greater distance forward of plate 1G to permitholding a supply of cards with the face of the front card exposed toView.

ing out of tag from the holder, even though the box on which it issecured be turned upside down. And the barriers are continuallyeffective for maintaining the tag, of Whatever size, in approximateparallelism with the plate 10.

I claim as my invention:

1. A card holder comprising a body of stiff sheet material, and, iixedthereon,` a Wire, a portion of which is in the form of a U, of which thebridge of the U is elongated to constitute the bottom of a cardreceptacle, and the arms of the U constitute the sides of thereceptacle; all of said U portions being set against and secured to saidsheet; and there being another portion of said wire extending in spacedparallelism with said sheet within the region between the two saidU-arms, said spaced parallelism providing space for a card.

2. In a card holder, the combination of a plate and a bent piece ofwire, in which the plate f constitutes the rear wall, and the wireconstitutes the bottom, sides and front barrier, of a card receptacle; aportion of said wire being bent into approximately U-shape, with theparallel arms of the U set against and secured to the plate for thesides of the receptacle, and with the bridge of the U set against andsecured to the plate for the bottom of the receptacle; and there being aprojection from the U extending into the area between the U-arms, inspaced parallelism with the plate.

3. In a card retainer, the combination of a plate and a bent piece ofwire, in which the plate constitutes the rear wall,`and the wireconstitutes the bottom, sides and front barrier, of a card receptacle; aportion of said wire being bent into approximately U-shape, with theparallel arms of the U set against and secured to the plate for thesides of the receptacle, and rwith the bridge of the U set against andsecured to the plate for the bottom of the receptacle; thecross-sectional shape of the wire and the engagement of said bridge of Uagainst the plate providing converging walls making a groove in whichthe lower edge of a card may be wedged and by which the card may beheld; and there being a portion of said wire projecting from the U intothe area between the U-arms, and standing in spaced parallelism to thesaid plate.

ROY N. PATCH.

